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Factory: uncertain
White stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed. Oval with a waved and cusped edge, deep sloping sides, and flat base with a shaped footring. The sides are decorated with twelve panels of different sizes, two containing a man and a bird respectively, and the others a stylized plant in relief. In the middle there is a Chinese scene with a building on the left, and a man and plants on the right. One of a pair with C.538A-1928
History note: Sotheby's, 18 November, 1907, lot 27 (with C.538A-1928); bought for £2.9s. 0d. under the name of Godby by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 2.5 cm
Length: 12 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Circa 1750 - 1760
One of a pair with
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Press-moulding
: White stoneware, press-moulded, and salt-glazed
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick on label with blue double lines on two sides and a leaf in the left top corner
Accession number: C.538B-1928
Primary reference Number: 75460
Old object number: 2733
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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